Shadow Hunting

I went to the Millennium Park to take shadows. I captured this with Chicago’s awesome whether because I thought that I had to go out to take a picture as well when sun was peak for thick shadows. I could realize that shadow just composed line and shape, but it could appear various shapes and lines depending on captured directions. I like this picture, one of my pictures, because there has a lot of people who have different appearances from each person such as a beautiful, ugly, and handicapped person, but everybody was beautiful and amazing in the shadow. Shadows were dark, but this color had mysterious appeals.

Film Reflection

           In this movie, “Goya’s Ghosts, 2006” directed by Milos Forman is focused on Ines who inspired Goya unlike the way we could assume the main character from the title. Main characters are Goya, Ines, Tomas and Lorenzo. Goya the royal artist’s model Ines gets false charge from the spiritual court and imprisoned. Tomas, a father of Ines who is a rich merchant tries he’s best for save her daughter, Ines. Thomas figured out that Ines was forced a confession and he interrogates Lorenzo for the truth. Twenty years later, Spain has a hard time since France revolution occurs. Goya starts to draw with his eyes, the only sense since he loses his hearing before the Napoleon’s assault against Spain. Goya was the only one for her after she got out from the jail since she lost her everything. When they met, Ines told Goya that she has gave birth; a daughter who was a Lorenzo’s, However, Lorenzo just deported his daughter and all the prostitutes of Madrid because of his reputation. For Ines, Goya looked after Ines’ daughter, but they could not make it. After the Napoleon’s period, Lorenzo has been killed by the spiritual court’s decision. In conclusion, this story ends with tragedy. This movie is like sad love story between Goya and Ines, but we can know about Goya’s feeling, life, and emotion through this story.

AIC Trip Reflection

The Art Institute of Chicago Museum has a bunch of arts. I could also see genuine articles, but I could not distinguish an imitation from an original. Therefore, I asked myself what genuine article is and imitation artwork is not art. The museum was divided by artists and time orders so I could compare the color, technique, shape, material, and expression method of artist between arts. When I took my first step in the museum, I really was grad too see Van Gogh’s artworks because these were very close to us through our text book. The museum was bigger than I thought so I could not look around the entire museum. However, I was very impressed with some of artworks. One of the most impressive artworks was “Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler”. It was located in a room of modern wing, and it was drawn by Pablo Picasso, 1907. The portrait of Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler was definitely cubist work so I was really hard to understand about the location of face or body. Despite the portrait’s highly abstract character, however, Picasso added physical attributes to identify his very special subject such as a lock of hair and the knot of a tie. Moreover, when I read the artwork of instruction, I could know that the dealer sat as many as 300 times for completing this portrait. What a wonder!